Letter: Time for Jews to distinguish friend from foe

Steven Feldman

Thursday

Mar 21, 2019 at 7:00 AM

To the editor:

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose partisan ambition is exceeded only by her self-righteousness, at a rally protesting Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court was arm in arm with Linda Sarsour, the vicious anti-Semite and devotee of the so-called Minister Louis Farrakhan, who’s latest charming observation compared Jews to termites.

Given her appropriation of Native American heritage for professional advancement, Warren’s disregard for ethnic sensitivities, however offensive, should come as no surprise. Barack Hussein Obama, also a selfie-taking friend of Farrakhan (so sick with envy of all things Jewish), made a deal with Iran, the number one exporter of terrorism, that propped up with billions of dollars a regime dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish homeland.

Now, we have the blatant Jew-baiting of Ilhan Omar, the congressperson from Minnesota, who (in 2012) said: “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.” You’d think Ms. Omar would be a tad more circumspect in her condemnation of the Jewish state, given that her Allah blesses the honor killings of women, female genital mutilation, beheadings, the tossing of homosexuals off buildings and the genocidal intolerance of Christians and Jews. Islamic law does not recognize the separation of church and state, and is therefore antithetical to democracy.

In light of the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the rank and unrestrained anti-Semitism of prominent Democrats must be resisted. Troubling as the rampant anti-Semitism on the left is, what’s particularly disheartening is the Jewish community’s continued lopsided support for Democrats. (By the way, does our local Congressman Jim McGovern have the backbone to voice opposition to the anti-Semitism of his colleagues? Maybe WoMag will ask him.)

I pray my Jewish brethren open their eyes to distinguish friend from foe. Clearly, today’s Democrats are the latter and President Trump is the former. Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, the eternal city of the Jewish people, and dismantling Obama’s capitulation to Iran establishes Donald J. Trump as the best friend of the Jewish people since Harry S. Truman recognized the state of Israel. President Trump is President Truman redux and it’s time Jewish voices and voters recognize him as such. Give ’em hell, Donald.